"Be careful above all things not to let go of the atomic weapon until you are sure, and more than sure, that other means of preserving peace are in your hands."
— Nuclear weapons

January 1, 1970

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Winston Churchill, Final Speech to US Congress (January 17, 1952), as cited in The War That Must Never Be Fought: Dilemmas of Nuclear Deterrence (2015)